Letters and Politics

Deportations In The First Red Scare

Part 1. Deportations In The First Red Scare

Guest: Chris Finan is an author and historian.  He worked as a free speech activist for over 40 years and led several groups, including the National Coalition Against Censorship. He is the author of several books, including the award-winning history, From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America.

 

Part 2. Geoffrey R. Stone on the History of the First Amendment

Guest: Geoffrey R. Stone is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author or co-author of many books on constitutional law, including Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime; and The Free Speech Century.